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Mr. Robot
When you've been the loneliest person in every room and even your own mind isn't a safe place. Mr. Robot is a thriller about a man letting himself be found. 'Hello, Elliot.'
Who it's for
Elliot Alderson is a brilliant, isolated hacker who narrates to an imagined 'friend' (the viewer) and whose mind turns out to be concealing parts of itself; the show names dissociative identity disorder.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Mr. Robot is an American psychological thriller created by Sam Esmail that aired on USA Network from 2015 to 2019. It follows Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and vigilante hacker living with social anxiety and depression, who is recruited by a mysterious anarchist known as Mr. Robot into fsociety, a hacktivist group aiming to erase consumer debt by attacking the conglomerate E Corp.
Where to find it
Originally on USA Network; in the US currently available to buy on digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Child sexual abuse and suicidal planning.
Age: TV-MA (JustWatch listing; suggested 17+)
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
